Hardwood athletic floors have been hardwood much longer than they have been athletic.    Today’s high shock-absorption, resilient floors are vastly different than the subfloor assemblies prominent in the late 1800s when basketball, squash and volleyball were being introduced. Floors used for athletic activities during that time period were really designed for warehouse and industrial settings, and carried over to serve as gymnasium floors for … Continue reading Hardwood Athletic Floors, Then and Now